First incorporated in September 1947, the W.I.A.A. Club was originally housed in the palatial bungalow of the Sassoon family — Il Palazzo — in Malabar Hill. The initial idea for the Club House was conceived by a group of members of the Western India Automobile Association. The club functioned in the premises of the bungalow until the late 1960s, following which the bungalow was redeveloped into the Il Palazzo residential tower and the adjoining new premises of the W.I.A.A. Club which was rechristened as the Malabar Hill Club.
We are now pleased to offer an extremely rare and interesting piece of ephemera of the original W.I.A.A. Club before it was relocated to the new premises as the Malabar Hill Club. This programme of August 1966 was sent to the members of the club by post and it includes all the original postage marks. This particular programme features announcements of the social dance events at the club — A Special Morning Dance for Adults & Teenagers featuring the great trombonist Maurice Concessio, and the evening Cocktail Dance featuring the legendary accordionist Goody Seervai. Also of interest is a page featuring the etiquette list with a strict dress-code for the dance floor authorised by the Honorary Secretary of the club Mr. P. H. Nariman. All the remaining pages feature several vintage advertisements of the time.
Images of all the pages of this unique rarity are attached herewith for the perusal of those interested.
W.I.A.A. Club's Programme for August 1966
Published by: W.I.A.A. Club, Bombay
Year: August 1966 — Highly rare, original ephemera
Printed at: Saloos Press, Kala Ghoda, Bombay
Format: Stapled programme with all the original postage marks
Language: English
Pages: 12 leaves (i.e. six pages including the covers)
Size: 14.3 cm x 11.3 cm
Condition: Pre-owned. Excellent — Near Pristine. Pages clean, unmarked and completely intact. Original tight binding. Slight natural foxing/yellowing owing to age. The original staple has naturally rusted owing to age; image attached.
Remarks: This original programme of the W.I.A.A. Club belongs to a unique category of rare ephemera with very few, if any, surviving copies in existence. A rarity of this kind is particularly hard to find in such excellent, undamaged condition as the one we are offering now.
Format: Stapled programme with all the original postage marks
Language: English
Pages: 12 leaves (i.e. six pages including the covers)
Size: 14.3 cm x 11.3 cm
Condition: Pre-owned. Excellent — Near Pristine. Pages clean, unmarked and completely intact. Original tight binding. Slight natural foxing/yellowing owing to age. The original staple has naturally rusted owing to age; image attached.
Remarks: This original programme of the W.I.A.A. Club belongs to a unique category of rare ephemera with very few, if any, surviving copies in existence. A rarity of this kind is particularly hard to find in such excellent, undamaged condition as the one we are offering now.
Please email us on kumarclassicbookpoint@gmail.com for cost and availability, or for any further queries in order to serve you better. Delivery in Mumbai is free.
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